Bookmark



Oct. 19, 1937.

l. BEiQsHAD BOOKMARK 7 Original Filed Jan. 21, 1933 INVENTOR [S'IftllBerrfiad BY b7 h/WTL ATTORNEY 29 a soft material, fringed at one end. Imay make such changes in the practical em- 2 Patented Oct. 19, 1937UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE BOOKMARK Israel Bel-shad, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Rcfiled for abandoned application Serial No. 652,819, January 21, 1933.This application July 6, 1937, Serial No. 152,150

3 Claims. (Cl. 116-119) This invention relates to improvements in book Il at one end thereof, while the other end or secmarks, as described inmy patent application Setion of this material has the form of a band I2rial No. 652,819, filed January 21, 1933, and alconstituting the readingmark proper, the exlowed May 23, 1933 of which this application is tremeouter end of which is fringed, as at l3,

5 a substitute. while the band itself is suitably ornamented on It isthe principal object of my invention to one or both of its sides.provide a book mark comprising a clasp or clip In use the clip either isclasped over the book allowing a secure attachment or holding of thecover as indicated at M in Figure 3, or fastened book mark either to thecover of a book or to a to a single leaf, as indicated at IS in Figure4. single leaf thereof, and permitting furthermore Figure 5 illustratesthe use of my book mark 10 the insertion and holding in place of sheetsbearor clip as a holder for sheets or note slips l6. ing notations, Itwill be clear that the elastic fingers of the Another object of myinvention is the provision clip will positively and firmly engage thebook of a book mark and clip of comparatively simple covers, singleleaves and note sheets without the and therefore inexpensiveconstruction, yet durnecessity of employing additional means. 15 ableand highly efilcient in use. It will be understood that I have describedand A further object of my invention is the proshown the preferred formof my book mark and vision of a book mark of ornamental and pleasingclip as one example only of the many possible appearance, the clip partof which is encased in ways to practically construct the same, and thatA still further object of my invention is the bodiment of my inventionas come within the provision of .a book mark which, when once apscope ofthe appended claims without departure plied to a book will be firmlyheld in place, sefrom the spirit of my invention. cure against loss.Having thus described my invention, what I I am aware that book marksand clips have claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 25 beenpatented heretofore, however, these book ent is:

' marks and clips necessitated the employment of 1. A book markcomprising a band, and a a weight to hold the mark in place and engagedclip formed at one end thereof-Within the matethe book covers looselyonly and none of them rial of the band adapted to yieldingly engage themade provisions for .firmly holding note clips cover and single leavesof a book to be firmly held bearing extracts from the reading matter, inin pla and pr v d means r ur y dplace. ing sheets bearing notations.

These and other objects and advantages of my A ok k Comprising a e ble Onainvention will become more fully known as the mented band fringed atone end, a g pp g clip description thereof proceeds, and will then beformed at the other end of said band and em- 35 more specificallydefined inthe appended claims. bedded in the material thereof, adaptedto firmly In the accompanying drawing forming a maengage the cover of abook and sin leaves terial part of this invention: thereof to be firmlyheld in place and providing a Fig. l is a top plan view of a book markand means for the insertion and securely holding of clip constructedaccording to my invention. note slips. 0

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 3. A book mark comprising aflexible band of Fig. 3 is a perspective view of "a book illustratsoftmaterial, fringed at one end, a metal clip ing one use of my book mark.embedded into the material of the band at the Fig, 4 is a fragmentaryperspective view of a other end thereof, formed by bending the metalbook illustrating another use of my book mark. upon itself to form twogripping shanks, yield- Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figure 4illustrating ingly but firmly engaging the cover and single the use ofmy book mark as a clip. leaves of a book and constituting a means forse- As illustrated, my book mark and clip comcurely holding note slipsinserted between the prises an elastic yielding metal clip I0 formedshanks of said clipby bending the material upon itself, and encas-ISRAEL BERSHAD.

ing the shanks in a strip of soft, flexible material

